AI Audio Kit

Anyone with a pile of meeting recordings, voice memos or interview audio on a Mac and an API key already in hand is the person AI Audio Kit is built for.

AI Audio Kit is a macOS transcription app that turns audio into text using OpenAI's Whisper API and other supported providers.

The model is bring your own key.

You pay the provider for the audio you actually transcribe, and AI Audio Kit does not ask for a separate subscription on top.

That works for occasional use, when a few files a month would make a monthly plan feel wasteful.

Support for several API providers means you are not tied to Whisper.

If you prefer another service, or want to run the same recording through two and compare the text, you can switch without changing apps.

You need an account with at least one supported provider before anything gets transcribed, so setup takes a few minutes.

And the app runs only on macOS, so Windows and Linux users should look elsewhere.

For Mac users who already work with the Whisper API, it is a straightforward speech-to-text tool for the transcription step.